I'm sooooo HAPPY!!!! I was up for about three hours yesterday morning. Just puttering and directing kids in chores, then I cut 4 of the boy's hair and Brent's. Then I went to bed for the rest of the day. BUT, it doesn't seem to have heavily affected me. I was a tad bit more tired today, but was still able to be up for about 2-3 hrs total, not all at once. My longest stretch was about 1 1/2. That is sooooo much better than before!!!!
I do have a bit more coughing, but I think in general it's OK, as it's getting the nasty stuff out of my lungs. I think it's a balance, don't do enough to tire myself out, but do, do some so that I slowly work back in the norm. We'll see.
I'm just so happy to be able to get out of bed and STAY out of bed for more than 30 mins, which was my record before yesterday.
We're all back home now, three of the boys came home Friday night and Than came home last night. He got two very beautiful sunrise pictures and really enjoyed his sailing trip. It's amazing to watch him mature.
I was on another board with some internet friends and they were talking about how many teens they had, and we'll have two in Sept., when Than has his birthday. Then it made me want to figure out how many I would ever have at one time. If I figured it out right for about 9 mths, all the boys will be teenagers!! Than will be 19 and Max will be 13, so it will be the extreme ends, but they'll squeak in there. I think our garden will have to really grow in square footage to keep up with them by then!!!
Hey check out this link, it's super cute! http://www.maniacworld.com/twin-baby-moose-in-sprinkler.html
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
the pressure, the pressure
Acckkk!!! I want the first post of this new blog to be perfect!!! Of course I'm not going to get a post that "I" consider perfect, so I just need to write it and get on with it!!
I thought I'd share with you a few some sites that have really touched me this last two weeks, well one week, as I was out of it the first week.....
First, I'm sure you heard about Randy Pausch and his passing on July 24th. I've seen some of the clips of his lecture off and on since he did it last fall, but I've never taken the time to actually watch it and today I did. I also watched his time management lecture and both were so incredibly moving. They are both 1 hr and 16 mins. So I'm just going to link to them, instead of awing you with my computer geek knowledge of putting a video on my blog. Well OK, I don't know how to do that yet, but I'm going to learn and soon!! So here's the link to the Last Lecture and from there you can do a search for the time management one if you want to see it, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
He also has a book and I'm hoping to get my hands on it soon. Here is the website for it.
http://www.thelastlecture.com/index.htm
Because of the last year and a half life events that we've experienced, first Mom's heart attack, then Dad's death, and Collin's tumor, and now my pneumonia, I've been thinking a lot about my life. How I live it, how I conduct myself, what I'm teaching my children, what I would leave behind if I died now. I've been on autopilot for several years now, mostly trying to survive the whirlwind that is Max. But now he's coming down a few notches, other parts are settling in my life and I can look up and breath again. I have to admit that I'm looking at my pneumonia as a huge chance to do this reflecting and possible redirecting of my life.
So here is another site that has given me considerable pause for thought. She to has a book and it's actually on it's way to me. So I look forward to that. http://37days.typepad.com/37days/
That's probably enough for my first post. It at least gets it done for me and hopefully gives you food for thought.
I thought I'd share with you a few some sites that have really touched me this last two weeks, well one week, as I was out of it the first week.....
First, I'm sure you heard about Randy Pausch and his passing on July 24th. I've seen some of the clips of his lecture off and on since he did it last fall, but I've never taken the time to actually watch it and today I did. I also watched his time management lecture and both were so incredibly moving. They are both 1 hr and 16 mins. So I'm just going to link to them, instead of awing you with my computer geek knowledge of putting a video on my blog. Well OK, I don't know how to do that yet, but I'm going to learn and soon!! So here's the link to the Last Lecture and from there you can do a search for the time management one if you want to see it, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
He also has a book and I'm hoping to get my hands on it soon. Here is the website for it.
http://www.thelastlecture.com/index.htm
Because of the last year and a half life events that we've experienced, first Mom's heart attack, then Dad's death, and Collin's tumor, and now my pneumonia, I've been thinking a lot about my life. How I live it, how I conduct myself, what I'm teaching my children, what I would leave behind if I died now. I've been on autopilot for several years now, mostly trying to survive the whirlwind that is Max. But now he's coming down a few notches, other parts are settling in my life and I can look up and breath again. I have to admit that I'm looking at my pneumonia as a huge chance to do this reflecting and possible redirecting of my life.
So here is another site that has given me considerable pause for thought. She to has a book and it's actually on it's way to me. So I look forward to that. http://37days.typepad.com/37days/
That's probably enough for my first post. It at least gets it done for me and hopefully gives you food for thought.
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